Tea-kettle.



PATENTED DEC. 5, 1905.

s.- DAY. TEA KBTTLE. APPLICATION FILED MAY 2,1904.

'mlllllllll A Home y .UNITED STATES PATENT OFFIGE. A WILBUR' SQ'DAY, OF WARREN, MINNESOTA.

TEA-KETTL E Specification of Letters Patent. I

Patented Dec.'5, 1905.

. Application filed May 2, 1904- Serial No; 206,017.

To all whom it may concern; I

Be it known that I, WEBUB, S. DAY, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Warren, in the county of Marshall and State of Minnesota, have invented certain 'new and useful Improvements inTea-Kettles,

- of which the following is a secification.

This invention relates to omestic boilers,

and particularly to a class thereunder known as tea-kettles, thisiinv'ention relating-par ticularly to a cover for preventing the escape of steam when the contents of avessel is dis- 7 chargin from the spout thereof.

An 0 ject of this invention is to provide novel'means consisting of a cover with a depending portion reachin into and'sealed by the contents of the kett e, whereby the dis- In describing the invention in detail referencewill be had to the accom anying drawing-sfiforming part of this spec' cation,wherein e characters denote corresponding parts throughout both views, in which Figure 1 is a sectional view of a tea-kettle with the cover embodying the invention applied thereto. Fig, 21s a perspective view of the combined cover and funnel. 1

In the drawings, 1 indicates the tea-kettle,

- having the usual spout 2, bail 3, and opening funnel havin 4 in its like. 1 Fitting within the ope g 4 and binding against the edge thereof is'the body' 7 of a a depending tube 8. The body '7 is pre erabl owl-shaped,-with the walls slightly flare toward the top in order top for the reception of water and the vgage t chargp of steam through the top opening of that it may be lpressed into enga ement with the edge of t e opening to e ect a tight jointand to prevent the esca e'of steam.

To revent the escape o steam through the tu e 8, a trap A is applied to the freeor lower end of the tube 8. This tra rests on the bottom of the kettle and has ormed on its upppr edge the. resilient arms a, which ene tube 8 and retain the tra A in'its operative relation to the free end 0 the tube 8 no matter what position the kettle ma attain. Having the tra engaging the tu e in this manner permits t e trap to be easily removed, so that the funnel may be used inde- Eendently of the trap, thus making a comined device which will have many uses in I the household,

In ractice it is to be understood that the trap is'filled b the liquid poured into the kettle, and there y forming a perfect seal for the tube. It is also to be observed that the arms a are so arranged that the tube 8 is cen trally of the trap, said tube of course depend in within the trap.

aving fully described the invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Let ters Patent, is v p A rece tacle having an opening in its tclp, y

'a'cover or the opening comprising abo portion tightly fitting in the opening and aving a deplending tube-like portion, a trap resting on t e bottom of the receptacle, the

tube, of the cover depending partly therein v i centrally thereof, an arms. formed on the upper edge of; the trap havin their free ends blnding a ainst the tube, w ereby the said trapis he (1 at, all timesin its relation to the tube. v

Intestimony whereof I affix my signature,

. in the presence of two witnesses, this 14th day 

